@bmcsurgery resident | @geiselmed @dartmouth | aspiring colorectal surgeon | gratitude, kindness, growth | she/hers š³ļøāš
Boston, MA
Joined April 2011
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Congratulations to all of you on the next step of your journey!!
Can someone let Dr Stolarski know weāre really looking fwd to him getting started and how to sign up for this thing when he gets a chance.
Congrats to our @The_BMC chief residents (L to R), Drs. Louis Kester, Allan Stolarski & Spencer Wilson on matching to surgical critical care fellowships at @UMichSurgery, @pennsurgery & @hopkinssurgery, respectively! šš @lou_was @SpencerWilsonMD
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Narrative review summarizes left-sided diverticulitis pathophysiology, advances in diagnosis, prevention strategies, and surgical approaches and decision-making. ja.ma/3RorrEg
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Most viewed in the last 7 days from @JAMASurgery:
Care of patients with diverticulitis is undergoing a paradigm shift. This narrative review summarizes the current evidence for left-sided uncomplicated and complicated diverticulitis.
ja.ma/3wat0OD
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This is crazy!!
Tracy Chapmanās āFast Carā has reached #1 on US iTunes after a live performance with Luke Combs at the #GRAMMYs, nearly 36 years since release.
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To be racist and sexist is to assume superior White and male leaders earn their positions through merit, and inferior Black and woman leaders receive their positions due to identity. These ideas show up in times of crisis: the Black and woman leader is assumed to be the problem.
Are you skeptical that Harvard president Claudine Gay, who is paid over $1 million per year, was not chosen based on merit, but rather on her race and gender?
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We most certainly have the know-how (and outside pressure from referring physicians and family members) to offer āsuccessfulā surgery to debilitated patients who have no chance whatsoever of a meaningful long term recovery. These are the toughest dilemmas in my current practice.
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āYour mother needs to be intubatedā
OR
āYour motherās breathing is getting worse. Can we talk about what this means & what to do next?ā
@jackykruser Justin Clapp @rabob propose a shift in communication about patients with serious illness to promote transparent deliberation
Viewpoint expresses how use of certain language complicates decision-making for critically ill patients, and it highlights alternative phrasing for effective communication. ja.ma/3QaFKws
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That sound you hear is the culture of American surgery breakingāin preparation to be rebuilt for the better.
More healthy, more vulnerable, and more human.
Thank you to @lubitz_carrie for the most important Presidential address Iāve had the opportunity to hear.
#ASC2023
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Overall, insurance access is vitally important to colorectal screening access. The West, which has greater and more equitable access to insurance sees significant decreases in stage at diagnosis at the recommended age of colorectal screening. 5/
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Our food pantry prepared and delivered over 700 Thanksgiving packages to our patients & their families. š¦ š½
From fresh turkeys to squash, we're #BMCProud to help our patients have a great holiday season.
Learn more about our food pantry ā”ļø bit.ly/3UUazVN
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What do you think this brown stuff on the right isāļø
And we wonder why hospitalized patients have a hard time eating their meals & so often develop malnutrition š°
#MedTwitter #NurseTwitter
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Anyone who feels the need to shout, brag, bully, or otherwise prove to the world theyāre SOMEONE, has some serious doubt.
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With all thatās dark and wrong in the world right now, Iāve become more thankful for our communities that empower us to speak up - starting with our old and new colleagues and friends in the House of Surgery. #MedTwitter
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The @AmCollSurgeons Surgical Palliative Care Symposium is happening now with experts such as @AnneMosenthalMD @pringlmillermd @RedMDND @Surgpallcare @AllysonCookMD @FabianJohnston
A screenshot from excellent presentation on a SPC resident curriculum by Dr. Joseph Lin
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ICYMI on #HealthCity: A new BMC led study highlights the link between #redlining & #gunviolence in the Boston area. @M_P_MD implores "researchers and policymakers to understand the downstream impacts of #structuralracism."
@drchethansathya @MichaelHirsh4
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